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PSY 357 Beauty and Brainwaves: Electrophysiology of Attractiveness Preferences and Face Perception
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT
Faculty:
Judith Langlois, Ph.D.
Contact:
Angela Griffin in the Langlois Lab
Email: agriffin@mail.utexas.edu, lab phone: 475-7908
Description:
In the Langlois Lab, we're trying to find out how and why attractiveness preferences and stereotypes develop by recording infants’ and adults’ brainwaves (event-related-potentials (ERPs) to different types of faces. (http://www.psy.utexas.edu/langloislab)
Qualifications:
I am looking for enthusiastic, responsible, hard-working undergraduates to work in our lab assisting in running experiments on the neural correlates of face perception in infants and adults. I am primarily looking for applicants with very good social and interpersonal skills to interact with parents and their infants prior to and during infant EEG/ERP studies. I am also looking for interested students with good interpersonal and/or technical skill to assist in running adult EEG/ERP studies. Experience and/or coursework in developmental psychology, neuroscience, brain development, or cognitive science, a plus, but not required. Previous experience in working with children preferred. Running the experiments involves working with a computer and other equipment. Attention to detail is a must. Training in EEG/ERP methodology will be provided. Applicants should be able to work nine hours per week in the lab (according to your schedule), in blocks of time 2-3 days a week for 2-5 hours at a time. Infant studies are generally run from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday, and 9:30am to 2:30pm Saturday, so we ask you to be available on occasional Saturdays. Adult studies follow a similar weekly schedule. Because of the amount of time needed to train you on our equipment and procedures, we require a two-semester commitment (spring-summer or spring-fall). You will also be required to attend occasional lab meetings and write a journal-style paper on the research that we are doing.
Duties:
Interacting with Austin-area parents and their children and/or adult participants, assisting in running experiments, scheduling appointments, and attending lab meetings. May also include some data entry or analysis, designing and creating stimuli, and library or internet research.
Other Information
If you are considering graduate school or are unsure about the direction you want to take with your undergraduate degree, research experience such as this is essential! See our web site for more information or contact me for an interview.
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